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M. Ageyev (Russian: М. Агеев) was the pen name of the writer of the Russian Novel with Cocaine. He is believed to be Mark Lazarevich Levi (Russian: Марк Ла́заревич Ле́ви), (August 8, 1898 - August 5, 1973).[1]

M. Ageyev
Born	(1898-08-08)August 8, 1898 Moscow, Russia
Died	August 5, 1973(1973-08-05) (aged 74) Yerevan, Soviet Union

Biography

His best-known work, Novel With Cocaine (also translated as the Cocain Romance), was published in 1934 in the Parisian émigré publication, Numbers. Nikita Struve alleged it to be the work of another Russian author employing a pen name - Vladimir Nabokov; this idea was debunked by Nabokov's son Dmitri in his preface to "The Enchanter", where he claims Ageyev is Mark Levi.[1] Levi's life is shrouded in mystery and conjecture. He seems to have returned to the U.S.S.R. in 1942 and spent the rest of his life in Yerevan, where he died on August 5, 1973.

References

• Kseniya Ragozina's article "Detektiv s romanom"

External links

• Works by or about M. Ageyev in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

На других языках

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- [en] M. Ageyev

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[ru] М. Агеев

М. Агеев (настоящее имя Марк Ла́заревич Ле́ви, в различные периоды своей жизни использовал также отчества Леонтьевич и Людвигович; 27 июля (8 августа) 1898 (1898-08-08), Москва — 5 августа 1973, Ереван) — русский писатель, филолог-германист, переводчик, советский внешнеторговый деятель. Известен главным образом как автор «Романа с кокаином» (1934).

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